Various labor groups under the United Labor Alliance Negros (ULAN) gathered yesterday in Bacolod City to unite their calls for workers’ rights, including a P750 national wage increase, addressing privatization of public utilities, consumer rights, and the Marcos administration’s negligence of workers’ demands amid the economic crisis.*
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines blamed a “system disturbance” that caused rotational power interruptions and voltage fluctuations at all power distributors in the islands of Negros, Panay and Guimaras. NGCP was asked to explain
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported yesterday of a sudden increase of gas emissions from the summit crater of Kanlaon volcano. In an advisory, Phivolcs disclosed that the sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emission
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twenty labor groups under the umbrella organization of General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) yesterday signed a resolution in support of the Joint Venture Agreement between the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) and MORE Electric
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unjustifiable refusal of the amnesty proposal being offered by the government to communist rebels is tantamount to signing a death warrant, a spokesman of the Regional Task Force 6 – ELCAC (Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict)
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A fire broke out about past 12 midnight yesterday, causing damage to a bank along Araneta Street, Barangay 13, Bacolod City. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Bacolod estimated the damage caused by the fire to Metropolitan Bank
In the gospel, there is an episode where Christ told some unbelieving Jews the reason they could not know who Christ really was. “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?” they asked. “If you are the Christ,
We don’t have a lot of public parks here in the Philippines, but there is the iconic Capitol Lagoon in Bacolod City which has been getting a bit more attention from the provincial government over the past few years. With
A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that the perception of the importance of childhood vaccines declined by a quarter in the Philippines and by more than a third in the Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod visual artist Dorothy “Dolly” Ramos-Gatuslao was given a surprise birthday party by her family at Maria Kucina-Familia in Bacolod City recently, an event that her classmates and artist friends attended. Bacolod blind singer Carl Malone
A fireman trains his hose at the fire that destroyed 16 houses and damaged 3 at Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid more than P115 million in crop damages brought about by the drought which has affected 3,312 farmers in Negros Occidental, the provincial government is not yet considering a declaration of state of calamity as of
Bacolod city officially recognized Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center (MBHMC) as a partner hospital of the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center, according to a press release from the Bacolod PIO. Present
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Senator Robin Padilla, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, administered the oath of office of Negros Press Club president Erwin “Ambo” Delilan at the SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The complaint filed against the Prime Electric Holdings Incorporated (PEH), Negros Electric Power Corporation (NEPC), and the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) has been dismissed by Negros Occidental Regional Trial Court Branch 79 presiding Judge Ferdinand
We need time and effort to develop a great love for the Eucharist. More than that. We need to rev up our faith so we can truly take seriously these words of Christ that refer to the Eucharist: “Except you
